Triple

T22459229
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Willem Frederik Hermans E555187 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Hermans
Hermans is the surname of Willem Frederik Hermans, a prominent 20th-century Dutch author and one of the leading figures in postwar Dutch literature.
E1537844 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Hermans | Statement: [Willem Frederik Hermans, familyName, Hermans]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hermans
Context triple: [Willem Frederik Hermans, familyName, Hermans]
  • A. Herman
    Herman is a surname most notably associated with Edward S. Herman, an American economist, media analyst, and critic of U.S. foreign policy.
  • B. Herman
    Herman is the given first name of American actor Ray Walston, known for his roles in "My Favorite Martian" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
  • C. Herman
    Herman is the given first name of the American blues singer and harmonica player Junior Parker.
  • D. Herman
    Herman is the given name of Belgian politician Herman De Croo, a long-serving liberal statesman and former President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
  • E. Herman
    Herman is a person known by the given name Herman, associated with the role or title of Junior Cook.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Hermans
Triple: [Willem Frederik Hermans, familyName, Hermans]
Generated description
Hermans is the surname of Willem Frederik Hermans, a prominent 20th-century Dutch author and one of the leading figures in postwar Dutch literature.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hermans
Target entity description: Hermans is the surname of Willem Frederik Hermans, a prominent 20th-century Dutch author and one of the leading figures in postwar Dutch literature.
  • A. Herman
    Herman is the given first name of the American blues singer and harmonica player Junior Parker.
  • B. Herman
    Herman is the given first name of American actor Ray Walston, known for his roles in "My Favorite Martian" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
  • C. Herman
    Herman is a surname most notably associated with Edward S. Herman, an American economist, media analyst, and critic of U.S. foreign policy.
  • D. Herman
    Herman is the given name of Belgian politician Herman De Croo, a long-serving liberal statesman and former President of the Belgian Chamber of Representatives.
  • E. Herman
    Herman is a person known by the given name Herman, associated with the role or title of Junior Cook.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69e11e51fdec8190adfdf9f8a6362221 completed April 16, 2026, 5:37 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69f15b7e01fc8190825c3dc024484440 completed April 29, 2026, 1:14 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_6a0b0c8217ac8190af16df3d941446ce completed May 18, 2026, 12:56 p.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_6a0b0d1e3ba08190bf963526973cd462 completed May 18, 2026, 12:59 p.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_6a0b0dc247b88190b8c54084c5727941 completed May 18, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
Created at: April 16, 2026, 8:48 p.m.